Title :
Identification technique of FET model based on vector nonlinear measurements
Author :
Avolio, Gustavo ; Schreurs, Dominique ; Raffo, Antonio ; Crupi, Giovanni ; Angelov, Iltcho ; Vannini, Giorgio ; Nauwelaers, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. (ESAT), K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
A new modelling approach which exploits only vector nonlinear measurements is described. The parameters of the I-V and Q-V non-linear constitutive functions are identified by combining low- and high-frequency large-signal measurements with a numerical optimisation routine. Low-frequency dispersion manifesting in the I-V characteristics is also correctly accounted for. As a case study a gallium nitride HEMT on silicon carbide substrate is considered and very good agreement between measurements and simulation is achieved.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; high electron mobility transistors; optimisation; wide band gap semiconductors; FET model; GaN; HEMT; I-V nonlinear constitutive function parameter; Q-V nonlinear constitutive function parameter; SiC; high-frequency large-signal measurement; identification technique; low-frequency dispersion; low-frequency large-signal measurement; numerical optimisation routine; vector nonlinear measurement;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.2892